Are Canada’s newsrooms ready to tackle fake news, cyber threats, ‘foreign adversaries’ ahead of 2019 election?
Hill newsrooms are still in the early stages of contending with issues around potential interference during the 2019 election, but as the vote draws closer, a few have signalled they intend to have a game plan to anticipate the spread of misinformation. In a report last year about cyber threats to the democratic process, the […]
“The Conservative Party reportedly plans to target media in the lead up to 2019. What do you make of this strategy?”
Cameron Ahmad Liberal strategist “Andrew Scheer seems committed to reliving the days of pre-election 2015, when constant attacks on Ottawa journalists by Stephen Harper’s Conservatives were just the tonic for a news cycle consumed by the Mike Duffy spending scandal. “Consider the recent cascade of Conservative attacks on Canada’s media: “MP Pierre Poilievre trashes Bloomberg’s […]
iPolitics lays off five after ownership change
The new owner of the political journalism website iPolitics has laid off five members of its newsroom, little more than a month after founder James Baxter said nobody was to lose their job in the handover. Torstar Corp., which publishes The Toronto Star as well as The Hamilton Spectator and StarMetro daily newspapers in five major cities, […]
Who better to judge who is whining about the media than the media?
Re: “Why the Conservatives are whining about the media,” (The Hill Times, Oct. 31, p. 7). Interesting. Who better to judge who is whining and who has a legitimate beef than the media, while juxtaposing the words “whining” with “Conservative?” I should think that the Conservatives are whining because there is something to complain about. […]
Support for press freedom about more than words
It’s not enough for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals to extol the virtues of press freedom to a captive international audience, they have to actually walk the talk. On Nov. 11, the prime minister participated in a Reporters Without Borders event on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum in France. Mr. Trudeau […]
Dynamic father-daughter duo: Craig Oliver and Annie Bergeron-Oliver now both working at CTV national
It’s early one fall morning, and former CTV bureau chief and network stalwart Craig Oliver drops off his daughter’s lunch before getting started on his own work—luckily his desk is only a few workstations over. “One day her mother gave me her lunch to bring in, I have to go down and buy my lunch, […]
Nathan Cullen wins Maclean’s Parliamentarian of the Year, NDP caucus cheers loudly; Dewar tells parties to ‘put our swords down’
Although everyone cheered loudly at Maclean’s 11th annual Parliamentarian of the Year Awards on Nov. 5, the NDP caucus’ cheers really took the (proverbial) cake. And they had reason to celebrate—former NDP MP Paul Dewar took home the Lifetime Achievement Award, while current NDP MP Nathan Cullen took home the night’s top prize of Parliamentarian of […]
New memoir looks into the Westray coal mine disaster
In the early hours of May 9, 1992, a methane explosion erupted in the Westray coal mine in Plymouth, N.S., killing 26 miners working underground, and 26 years later, a new memoir by Vernon Theriault looks at the disaster and the aftermath. The mine was known by its workers to be lax on safety. A […]
Clement had inappropriate interactions, ‘was pushing boundaries’ back when he was a Harper-era cabinet minister, says Parry-Sound female constituent
A woman who lives in Conservative-turned-Independent MP Tony Clement’s riding says the politician sent many inappropriate messages to her beginning during his time as a high-ranking cabinet minister in the Harper government, almost a decade ago, and says he behaved like a “creepy uncle” who for years was “pushing boundaries,” to the point that it […]
NDP questions why Trans Mountain buy not in spending estimates
The NDP is questioning why the multi-billion-dollar Trans Mountain pipeline purchase isn’t in the first round of extra government spending requests, saying it impedes Parliamentarians’ ability to ensure transparency and accountability of taxpayers’ money. But the Liberals say the purchase is being handled as a loan between two Crown corporations. To facilitate the planned expansion, […]
